Turning Up the Heat: How Global Warming Threatens Life in the SeaDIANE Publishing, 1999 - 47 pages Discusses current predictions of global climate change & synthesizes scientific evidence of the likely impacts of global climate change on some species & ecosystems. Chapters: global climate change & the oceans: sea level rise, wind patterns, deep-ocean circulation patterns, ocean stratification & primary productivity, & natural climate variability; lessons from El Nino & decadal variation; evidence of impacts on marine life: impacts in polar regions, coral reefs, shifts in species' distribution & the fate of Pacific Salmon, seabirds & marine mammals, & disease & harmful algal blooms; conclusion; & literature cited. |
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... tempera- tures increase . Higher temperatures increase sea level through several mechanisms : thermal expan- mately 8-16 inches , in the next 50 years , and sibly 15-95 cm ( 6-37 inches ) by 2100. The actual inland area affected by an ...
... tempera- tures increase . Higher temperatures increase sea level through several mechanisms : thermal expan- mately 8-16 inches , in the next 50 years , and sibly 15-95 cm ( 6-37 inches ) by 2100. The actual inland area affected by an ...
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... tempera- ture is not always clear . Seabird mortalities from avian botulism , Newcastle disease , duck plague , and various strains of influenza also cluster with El Niño events . Greater numbers of whales and dolphins strand themselves ...
... tempera- ture is not always clear . Seabird mortalities from avian botulism , Newcastle disease , duck plague , and various strains of influenza also cluster with El Niño events . Greater numbers of whales and dolphins strand themselves ...
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... tempera- tures and how rising global temperatures can af- fect marine processes , and hence marine life . The following section synthesizes scientific evidence of the likely impacts of global climate change on some species and ...
... tempera- tures and how rising global temperatures can af- fect marine processes , and hence marine life . The following section synthesizes scientific evidence of the likely impacts of global climate change on some species and ...
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... tempera- tures decreased by 0.02 ° C per century for the 900 years previous to the 20th century . But beginning around 1900 this cooling trend was reversed in less around 1900 this cooling trend was reversed in less ice sheet hasn't yet ...
... tempera- tures decreased by 0.02 ° C per century for the 900 years previous to the 20th century . But beginning around 1900 this cooling trend was reversed in less around 1900 this cooling trend was reversed in less ice sheet hasn't yet ...
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... tempera- ture increases may also disrupt peat accumulation : more peat will be broken down under higher tem- peratures as microbial activity increases ( Stevenson et al . 1986 ) . This loss may be offset , however , by increased ...
... tempera- ture increases may also disrupt peat accumulation : more peat will be broken down under higher tem- peratures as microbial activity increases ( Stevenson et al . 1986 ) . This loss may be offset , however , by increased ...
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Page 11 - Nevertheless, the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate.
Page 35 - the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate...
Page 36 - STEVF.NINCK. 1984. Densities of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum before and after mass mortalities on the coral reefs of Curacao. Mar.
Page 38 - J. (1998). The relationship between increasing sea-surface temperature and the northward spread of Perkinsus marinus (Dermo) disease epizootics in oysters. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 46, 587-97.
Page 22 - Satellite, operated and controlled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the US Department of Commerce, a satellite environmental data collection capability will become available to meet national requirements.
Page 38 - Simulated sea level change alters anatomy, physiology, growth, and reproduction of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.). Oecologia...
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Page 45 - Released by the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, US Department of State, March 5, 1999.
Page 35 - ... [t]here is no known geologic precedent for the transfer of carbon from the Earth's crust to atmospheric carbon dioxide, in quantities comparable to the burning of fossil fuels, without simultaneous changes in other parts of the carbon cycle and climate system. This close coupling between atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate suggests that a change in one would in all likelihood be accompanied by a change in the other.